Will the Concord Monitor’s endorsement in the local Democratic state senate primary be the most important event in that race?

Will Andrew Hemingway’s campaign finance report be the most read of this month?

Who told Mitt Romney to throw out there that Maggie Hassan could be running for the Senate?

Since when did Jennifer Horn care so much about campaign finance reform?

Why did Chris Christie think it was necessary to put his own guy on the Walt Havenstein campaign?

Prior to this week what were the odds that John Reagan would have survived his primary challenge?

Who is more vulnerable in their primary: Nancy Stiles or David Boutin?

Who knew that D.J. Bettencourt could get Scott Brown to do anything, much less dump ice water on his head?

Is it ok that Ballot Law Commission chair Brad Cook appeared at fundraiser for Jim Rubens and had his picture taken with Rubens for an email blast?

Why hasn’t Rand Paul obviously endorsed Hemingway? Wouldn’t that be the way to go with the liberty guy and stick it Chris Christie?

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Andrew Hemingway: Another week went by when he wasn’t squashed like a bug by the big establishment foot. In fact, he got a new political action committee, in theory, to help him out. But given how much that same group of people have helped Jim Rubens….

Marilinda Garcia: The Union Leader endorsement of her campaign was about as predictable as Fergus Cullen giving an off message quote.

Annie Kuster: She began airing television ads this week before her opponents… because she has the money to.

Steve Duprey and Juliana Bergeron: Named members of the first ever RNC committee on presidential debates. Duprey, in fact, will serve as chair.

DOWN

Howard Pearl: As in off the ballot and facing misdemeanor sex assault charges.

Maggie Hassan: A full week bad headlines and another $9,000 out of the bank account. (Best suggestion of the week came a Republican “ If you're out of Down Arrows for the Governor this week, they're on sale at the Hobby Lobby in Manchester.”

Walt Havenstein: Was it a coincidence that the best coverage Havenstein got about his economic plan came from the newspaper where he bought a lot of full page advertising? His lack of jumping on the Hassan donation story and driving it is perplexing.

A Justice Department civil rights investigation has concluded that the Ferguson Police Department and the city's municipal court engaged in a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African-Americans, according to a U.S. law enforcement official.